Gordon Brown's Bizarre Email to Party Members .........

Stewart Cowan, 10/9/08

Today on LabourHome, I noticed someone had posted this
bizarre
email that the Prime Minister had sent to the Party
faithful.

See what you think...

Today, at our Cabinet
Meeting held in the West Midlands, I am setting out
to my Cabinet colleagues the current challenges as I
see them and my response to them. I also wanted to write
to you personally as a Labour Party member to share
the following with you.
For 10 years we've benefited from unprecedented growth,
a rapidly expanding economy and rising living standards.
But the global credit crunch is forcing people across
the country to change how they live their lives. Our
world has changed.

While David Cameron's Conservatives may be willing to
let people fend for themselves - I will not let this
happen.

I will not turn my back on those who need help.

The quest to ensure that power, wealth, and opportunity
are in the hands of the many, not the few, is fundamental
to our purpose. This is why the Labour Party exists.

People want a government that is always on their side
- but at their side only when they need it. They want
a government that is empowering, not overpowering.

This is not about rhetoric. It's about fairness and
unfairness.

It's about providing support to those who played by
the rules but are struggling with rising prices.
It's about making sure that a fair chance is provided
to all.

I will not pretend that there is a quick fix. It requires
leadership, squaring up to hard truths, being open with
the British people about the choices we face, and making
tough decisions on priorities for public spending.

I know that there are people who feel that modern Britain
has been unfair to them. Some of them are right. But
there is nothing that is bad about Britain that cannot
be overcome by what is good about Britain.

In the coming weeks, I will set out how I - and our
party, and our government, and our country - must rise
to conquer those challenges and ensure fairness for
all.

Fairness is my purpose, my pride, my principle.

And my promise to you.

Gordon

Thank you "Gordon," I'm sure there are sanatoria
where people still believe every word you say, Gordon.

There was doubt among some LabourHome posters whether
Mr Brown had written the email. I suggested the following
under my LabourHome pseudonym, FreedomAndTruth: